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Author Mak, Elaine, 1979- author.

Title Judicial decision-making in a globalised world : a comparative analysis of the changing practices of western highest courts / Elaine Mak
Published Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2013
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 272 pages)
Series Hart studies in comparative public law ; volume 3
Hart studies in comparative public law ; volume 3.
Contents Introduction: Highest courts in flux -- Understanding the development of highest courts' practices : a constitutional-theoretical approach -- Introducing the comparative and empirical analysis -- Incorporating the transnational : judicial roles, relations and working methods in a globalised world -- The use of foreign law in judicial decision-making -- Conclusion: Assessing the development of highest courts' practices
Summary Based on interviews with judges, this book presents the inside story of how judges engage with international and comparative law in the highest courts of the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, France and the Netherlands
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-255) and index
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Subject Courts of last resort -- Western countries
Appellate courts -- Western countries
Justice, Administration of -- Western countries
Law and globalization.
Judicial process -- Western countries
Judgments, Foreign -- Western countries
Judicial assistance -- Western countries
Systems of law.
LAW -- Civil Procedure.
LAW -- Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
Appellate courts
Courts of last resort
Judgments, Foreign
Judicial assistance
Judicial process
Justice, Administration of
Law and globalization
Processus judiciaire -- Occident -- Études comparatives.
Cours jugeant en dernier ressort -- Occident -- Études comparatives.
Droit et mondialisation -- Occident.
Droit -- Pratique -- Occident.
Western countries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781782253648
1782253645
9781306515801
1306515807
9781472561602
1472561600